Doing some 'Training'
Apr 7, 2019 18:04:56 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Finally 60 degree weather in Pittsburgh without rain. Had to get out and shoot some of the bridges in the area. Bonus trains ! Enjoy
coming into Rochester
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over the ohio - Monaca to Rochester
Over the Beaver River
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spring on the way
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yes, its been around a while
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detail
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Clouding up - Caught one last one
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Apr 8, 2019 11:45:10 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
DeanS wrote:
Nice series.
Thanks Dean - felt good to spend most of the day shooting
Apr 8, 2019 11:46:03 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
BlueMorel wrote:
Great! Nice to have the bonus, too!
Thanks - been in Pttsburgh over 20 years and can't believe I just got out there !
Apr 8, 2019 11:46:57 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
trainspotter wrote:
My kinda shootin!......GREAT job!!! 
Thanks for the kind words - Now if I could just get the train schedules ...
Apr 8, 2019 12:16:16 #
trainspotter
Loc: Oregon
PGHphoto wrote:
Thanks for the kind words - Now if I could just get the train schedules ...
That is the problem I also face.....train schedules....I've sat for hours waiting for trains to pass my favorite bridge.....then when I'm all packed up...ready to go home.....the next train zips by....LOL....TIMING is the key I guess. The trains in my area are Union Pacific and Amtrak, and since there are no crossings near the bridge, there is NO distant horn blast to give a heads up.
Apr 8, 2019 12:55:04 #
Dickt
Loc: Central Massachusetts
Nice series, however #3,taken while standing between the rails, is not the safest thing to do.
Apr 8, 2019 13:11:17 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Dickt wrote:
Nice series, however #3,taken while standing between the rails, is not the safest thing to do.
Normally I would agree with you but since I was wearing my high visibility green jacket and was talking to one of the engineers of the train, at the time it was very safe ! The electronic signals and switches going into the yard were malfunctioning and he had to 'park' the train on the other side of the bridge and walk over the bridge to the switch. He was not real happy about it ! The train was just to the left of the bridge in that picture and fortunately just outside of the camera field of view.
Thanks for looking in. I actually have a shot of the engineer after he walked another 100 yards down the track and set the switch. I will try to post it later but here it is on GuruShots. https://gurushots.com/photo/c918135e33d227bfdc65df3f8a9caa56 He's the guy in green on the right of the photo. The train behind him was headed down the other track - making a right hand turn. I will try to post the photo here once I am at my home PC.
Apr 8, 2019 14:22:35 #
davejann
Loc: Portland Oregon
Dickt wrote:
Nice series, however #3,taken while standing between the rails, is not the safest thing to do.
Probably not legal either. The whole right of way is private property.
Apr 8, 2019 15:45:16 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
davejann wrote:
Probably not legal either. The whole right of way is private property.
Actually, there is no posted singage except at the bridge 'entrance' itself (and I did not cross the threshold). The access road to where I was standing comes directly off a city park and is about 40 feet long with no posted signs. I understand that the right-of-way is a private area but the requirement is that it must be posted. That being said, I make sure to follow the law and as evidenced by the company representative giving the ok, would not expect any legal issues.
I was also there the previous week and that time the local Rochester Borough police, while on a routine patrol, simply waved back to me after I waved to them. And had they told me get out, I would have respected their authority and not have come back. I always follow the rules - even when I disagree with them or think they are 'silly'. I find I get into less trouble that way !
Thanks for your observations - something everyone should keep in mind where legal considerations are explicit.
Apr 8, 2019 15:49:09 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
trainspotter wrote:
That is the problem I also face.....train schedules....I've sat for hours waiting for trains to pass my favorite bridge.....then when I'm all packed up...ready to go home.....the next train zips by....LOL....TIMING is the key I guess. The trains in my area are Union Pacific and Amtrak, and since there are no crossings near the bridge, there is NO distant horn blast to give a heads up.
I may have a way in ... A coworker of mine has a brother who is an engineer for Norfolk Southern (part of consolidated railway) and she is going to see if I can get route schedules. The bridge is near a huge yard so I am hoping they have some sort of schedule for that particular yard.
Fingers crossed...
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